Musillami, Michael Trio +4 / Mettle
| Album: | Mettle | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Musillami, Michael Trio +4 | Added: | Feb 2012 | |
| Label: | Playscape Recordings | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2012-02-12 | Pull Date: | 2012-04-15 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Apr 15 | Apr 8 | Apr 1 | Mar 25 | Mar 18 | Mar 11 | Mar 4 | Feb 26 |
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| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 13, 2021: | No Cover, No Minimum (rebroadcast from Mar 2, 2012)
Summer Suite: Twenty Ten - Vi. Liv's In Beantown |
4. | Oct 19, 2012: | No Cover, No Minimum
Piana Dei Greci |
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| 2. | Jan 08, 2016: | Rebop
Thuggish Mornings |
5. | Apr 13, 2012: | No Cover, No Minimum
Thuggish Mornings |
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| 3. | Jan 04, 2013: | No Cover, No Minimum: Top Jazz of 2012
Summer Suite: Twenty Ten - V. High Likeability Factor |
6. | Apr 10, 2012: | Rebop
Summer Suite: Twenty Ten - Vi. Liv's In Beantown |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2012-02-12
Reviewed 2012-02-12
MICHAEL MUSILLAMI TRIO + 4: Mettle
Playscape, 2012
AVANT-MODERN JAZZ – Guitarist Musillami, always a forward thinker, expands his well-established trio into a talent-packed septet. Musillami’s beautifully-balanced arrangements keep it tight, walking close enough to straight-up modern jazz to be appealing but with a sly subversive streak too. Tracks 3-10 are a suite. Really good stuff.
Michael Musillami : guitar
Joe Fonda : bass
George Schuller : drums
Russ Johnson : trumpet
Jeff Lederer, Ned Rothenberg : saxes + clarinets
Matt Moran : vibes
Fo’s Picks: 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11
1. 6:58 – moody intro; guitar stretch, then all trade off over quick drums. Yeah!
2. 14:13 – postmodern walkin’ blues: carefully layered bits, solid solos from all; slips into open space for a trumpet/guitar faceoff towards the end
3. 9:26 – several episodes, mostly uptempo & tense but with calmer breaks
4. 6:26 – hip stroll falls apart in trumpet solo; slumps for guitar/bass scribbles
5. 6:31 – spacey intro; bold, tango-esque tune with vibraphone & sax solos
6. 1:23 – serene trumpet/guitar interlude
7. 2:41 – jabbing solo bass interlude, tense and muscular with much vocalizing
8. 6:15 – dig it! bright, upbeat groove, rolling solos all around, great drums
9. 1:18 – solo drum break, rolls
10. 1:20 – suite wraps up: upbeat statement, then slumps to an end
11. 12:06 – sneaky walk, very cool: great ensemble work, a series of sly solos
[ Fo ] - February 2012
Playscape, 2012
AVANT-MODERN JAZZ – Guitarist Musillami, always a forward thinker, expands his well-established trio into a talent-packed septet. Musillami’s beautifully-balanced arrangements keep it tight, walking close enough to straight-up modern jazz to be appealing but with a sly subversive streak too. Tracks 3-10 are a suite. Really good stuff.
Michael Musillami : guitar
Joe Fonda : bass
George Schuller : drums
Russ Johnson : trumpet
Jeff Lederer, Ned Rothenberg : saxes + clarinets
Matt Moran : vibes
Fo’s Picks: 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11
1. 6:58 – moody intro; guitar stretch, then all trade off over quick drums. Yeah!
2. 14:13 – postmodern walkin’ blues: carefully layered bits, solid solos from all; slips into open space for a trumpet/guitar faceoff towards the end
3. 9:26 – several episodes, mostly uptempo & tense but with calmer breaks
4. 6:26 – hip stroll falls apart in trumpet solo; slumps for guitar/bass scribbles
5. 6:31 – spacey intro; bold, tango-esque tune with vibraphone & sax solos
6. 1:23 – serene trumpet/guitar interlude
7. 2:41 – jabbing solo bass interlude, tense and muscular with much vocalizing
8. 6:15 – dig it! bright, upbeat groove, rolling solos all around, great drums
9. 1:18 – solo drum break, rolls
10. 1:20 – suite wraps up: upbeat statement, then slumps to an end
11. 12:06 – sneaky walk, very cool: great ensemble work, a series of sly solos
[ Fo ] - February 2012
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